The Orleans Central Supervisory Union is a
school district
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responsible for the education of students in the Vermont towns of
Albany,
Barton,
Brownington,
Glover,
Irasburg,
Orleans, and
Westmore. This requires maintaining one elementary school in each of these towns, plus the
Lake Region Union High School, in
Orleans. The union is headquartered in Orleans.
Lake Region Union High School Board
The Lake Region Union High School
school board
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
consists of the following members, elected by the various participating towns and villages:
*Chairman - Dave Thurber, Brownington
*Vice Chairman - Linda Michneiweicz, Westmore
*Clerk - Darlene Young, Glover
*Orleans - Dave Blodgett, Toni Eubanks
*Albany - Maybeth Whitten
*Barton - Dan Lussier, Wendy Poutre
*Irasburg - Michael Sanville, Renee Fontaine
The OCSU Board is chaired by Dan Lussier of Barton with Vice-Chair Thea Swartz of Orleans.
*Superintendent (appointed) - Stephen Urgenson (contract expires 2010)
*Business Manager (appointed) - Susan Watson
History
In 2004, the district sent certain at-risk students to Wheeler Mountain Academy. In 2008, they announced that they would terminate this relationship in 2009.
In 2008, Union students' performance on the standardized
New England Common Assessment Program tests appeared to outperform the
North Country Supervisory Union (eight out of ten worst performing).
Required by the state to do so, it furnished a part-time
interventionist at the
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* Parishes, in religion
** Parish churches, also called parochial churches
* Parochial schools, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation
* Parochialism
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St. Paul's school in 2010.
Footnotes
School districts in Vermont
Albany, Vermont
Barton, Vermont
Brownington, Vermont
Glover, Vermont
Irasburg, Vermont
Orleans, Vermont
Westmore, Vermont
Orleans Central Supervisory Union School District
Education in Orleans County, Vermont
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